Wednesday, May 23, 2007

ABC's Iran Report

There's a sizable glogosphere blowup today over ABC's report last night on covert CIA operations in Iran. Lots of shouts of "treason" from conservative commenters. But, it gets worse from that point.  Carpetbagger sorts through the chaf...


With an eye on Iran



ABC News reported yesterday that the Bush administration’s interest in regime change in Iran continues unabated. The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because [...]



Over at Pandagon, Amanda Marcotte analyzes some of the "better" comments on the ABC blog..


Bush’s ratings will never drop below 25% for a reason



Jonathan suggested, in this post about ABC reporting that the Bush administration has authorized the CIA to take covert actions to destabilize the Iranian government, not to read the comments at ABC. But because everyone was joking at Drinking Liberally last night at the fact that Bush’s poll ratings stubbornly stay between 25-30%, I [...]



Any connection?


Navy Stages Latest Show Of Force Off Iran Coast



The U.S. Navy staged its latest show of military force off the Iranian coastline on Wednesday, sending two aircraft carriers and landing ships packed with 17,000 U.S. Marines and sailors to carry out unannounced exercises in the Persian Gulf. The carrier strike groups led by the USS John C. Stennis and USS Nimitz were joined by [...]



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